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I got released from my calling teaching the Young Women when I was seven months pregnant. I had only had the calling for four months.
*content and language warning* This is a piece I submitted to my university student magazine. Peeling off the layers from my previous patriarchal life has
Wayward. There was that word again in a Relief Society lesson. The word that describes me. Mentions of wayward children always make me uncomfortable. From
“Quick! Grab her!” The woman was pulled from the river, battered and bruised from the treacherous rapids. Nearly drowned, she gasped for breath. But before
I was only five months old when I got my first pair of glasses, and the doctor got it wrong. Because I could follow the
In this episode of the Religious Feminism interview series, Dr. Theresa Yugar, a professor at California State University specializing in Gender in Colonial Latin American
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35 My favorite judge retired a few
This summer marked my ten year anniversary as an Exponent blogger. As with any anniversary it feels remarkable both that it’s been that long and
One of the most commonly misunderstood and misapplied Biblical parables in the modern church is the parable of the wheat and the tares, found in
by Mamie I was sexually abused as a child by a neighbor and physically and emotionally abused by my LDS parents. Multiple siblings in my
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